An Evening with Percival Everett

In his only Aotearoa New Zealand appearance, the major American author of more than 30 books will share insights into his lauded writing career that has featured Erasure (recently adapted as the critically acclaimed film American Fiction), I Am Not Sidney Poitier and the 2021 Booker Prize shortlisted The Trees.

His most recent novel – and one which has barely left the Auckland bestseller charts this year – James is a profound and ferociously funny reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of the enslaved Jim. It swept the literary award circuit, earning Everett the Pulitzer and Kirkus Prizes, the National Book Award, and a second Booker shortlisting in just three years.

About James, Roddy Doyle said “Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them” and Ann Patchett: “who should read this book? Every single person in the country.”

Don’t miss an evening in the company of one of America’s literary greats.